The Sharman Boot - Horween Natural Leather

I received the boots and left a review around November 6th.

This boot is worth it.

I wore these boots for about a year. I beat this boot up as a security guard. I walked on concrete sidewalks and dirt roads. I put out small fires with the soles of my boots and warped the tread. To get to work, I rode a motorcycle in these boots and I did that for thousands of miles. I rode in the bone chilling winter wind chill and snow storms. I soaked these boots in spring rain and soaked them in drought-inducing summer sun. I used silicone boot polish and I used too much neatsfoot oil. After a year these boots were weathered.

Around that time, I sent them back to the United Kingdom to get them resoled and I was surprised by what I got back. The worn down outsole was replaced as expected but the uppers I beat up for a year were refurbished to great condition. If I had not known better, I would have thought they gave me new uppers.

It’s been about a month since I got my boots back. I take proper care of them now. Every night I brush them and put in the shoe trees Goral provided. I feel like I have a second chance to take care of them.

I’m not a guard now but I still use them for work. I am on my feet on a hard floor but I still feel no aches. In contrast, I wore my Jordan 1s to work once. My feet ached when I got home that day. I can say from experience that these boots are good to walk miles in and good to stand around in.

I have one critique of these boots. These boots were uncomfortable in the summer because they don’t expel heat. Last summer, I was outdoors with these boots quite often; my feet were in a leather oven! So much so I had to buy some combat boots made for hot weather.

All in all, I think my money was well spent. Money spent buying the boots and maintaining them. It’s a good looking, stable, durable, well-made boot that stood up to hard use and extreme conditions.

(Goral, would you produce a Sharman boot for those of us that live in hot climates? A Sharman with panels made of breathable nylon fabric would have been what I needed last summer. It’ll be what I need for next summer on the motorcycle ride to and from work.)

High-quality combat style boots using excellent materials and made to order

Love them. Thank you!

I have been looking for a quality pair of black boots for some time. The Sharman that you have made for me are fantastic and I am enjoying them.

🙏Aloha, The difference in the two supposedly identical sized boots & using the same heel lift was awful but I am trying to correct the second pair via a boot stretcher & muscle power. I asked for a $79.95 credit refund to buy the stretcher & got $79.50, close enough but pledged to stop any further expectation. However, as initially though to buy a third pair to receive a 10% discount, but after I understood the promise was made, I was informed it woudl mean free shipping OR 10% off. I elected free shipping. Due to problems with secodn pair I will not buy a third & if I had a do over would. ot have bought the second but I always spend hours sealing off all the pores & creating a final coating of Obenaufs leather preserver as well as premium Kiwi shoe paste carefully working bothin into the leather, so the finish is far better than when out of the box, hence reluctant to return boots I've invested so much finishing product & TIME into having a lasting pair of boots. The first pair is superb but the second will be worn much less defeating my purpose of rotating boots among three pair with shoe trees in latest worn & third empty to make sure very dry inside before wearing the next or third day. Boots last much longer in my experience. Due to my pledge to accept the stretcher, this issue is closed & regret the second purchase but will keep working on them? 🌈Aloha from Maui, Hawaii🏝